Comments on: NEW POLL: Who is your Liberal Voice of the Year?http://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html
Our place to talk - an independent website for supporters of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK.Fri, 09 Dec 2016 17:03:43 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1By: George Potterhttp://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-235305
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:48:56 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-235305Yay another list composed almost entirely of men. Dear god, why on earth do some of this shower get on the list but not some of the much better liberal campaigners and voices from the past year?
]]>By: Johnhttp://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-235010
Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:11:54 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-235010I nominated Hugh Grant. The press are much too powerful and routinely abuse that power running rough-shod over people’s right to privacy. Freedom of speech is not the be all and end all. These rights must be balanced and we currently have a harmful imbalance.
]]>By: Jameshttp://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234775
Sun, 06 Jan 2013 01:55:29 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234775This poll seems a little open to abuse?

Malala Yousafzai got my vote anyway.

Disappointed to see 38 Degrees included and baffled that Ken Clarke keeps getting nominated.

]]>By: Rev Simon Wilsonhttp://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234696
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 07:58:09 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234696I voted for the Alliance Party wh o have shown liberal values and tolerance in the face of violence, arson and death threats.
]]>By: Ewan Hoylehttp://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234520
Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:18:48 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234520Is this open for anyone to vote? It was brought to my attention by Sam Bowman’s twitter feed. I doubt any of the other candidates will engage in the same self-promotion so I fear we may have another odd libertarian winner on our hands this year. 🙁
]]>By: Scott Walkerhttp://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234467
Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:03:40 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234467Regarding the comments about iPads/mobile voting. It is possible to vote, but not using the standard browser which comes with your iPad. There are a few browsers available on the app store which all give you much greater functionality than mobile Safari – some are free and some are not. I just voted using my iPad and Photon Browser. I’d recommend to anyone stopping using Safari – you’ll get a much better internet experience.
Also, well done to Lib Dem Voice for providing a great list of candidates and preferential voting.
]]>By: tony hillhttp://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234464
Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:15:38 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234464After electing Mark Littlewood last year in this poll, it will be interesting to see whether the libertarians manage it again with Sam Bowman. Libertarian input to LibDem Voice seems to have diminished in the last few years, although it has never been a hugely significant strand in the politics of the Party. Presumably having a transferable voting system should make it more difficult for the supporters of any one candidate to influence the outcome of this election in a way that does not reflect the views of the regular readership of this blog, or of those of the Party as a whole. (Caveat: OK, I don’t know what the views of those people who regularly read this blog are apart from those who comment on it, but my guess would be that the supporters of the Party who comment represent pretty accurately the views of the activists). I think it is also probably helpful that we are not allowed to see a running total of votes as has been the case in previous years because that also made it easier for people to affect the outcome.
]]>By: Gordonhttp://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234461
Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:53:58 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234461Oops! Missed that.
]]>By: Leekliberalhttp://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234459
Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:14:13 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234459Gordon says ‘At a time Lib Dems are in govt with all the exposure that implies here are no LDs on the list ‘ I suggest he looks at the contest rules which stipulate that party members CANNOT be candidates. Durrh!
]]>By: Gordonhttp://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234455
Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:26:27 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234455At a time Lib Dems are in govt with all the exposure that implies here are no LDs on the list – at least not active/public ones. And some. like Ken Clarke and Barack Obama are not liberals by any stretch.

Whatever this tells us about the state of British liberalism it’s not good.

]]>By: David Wrighthttp://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234447
Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:23:19 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-23444738 degrees should not be in this list, (nor should some of the others). They campaign on easy subjects, and seem to make a point of “persuading” Liberal Democrat ministers to agree to things we’ve already agreed, while failing to campaign to get the Conservatives to agree the same things, when it’s the Conservatives who need persuading. Thus they get publicity and an easy “win”, while nothing actually changes.

Also, their behaviour over the AV Referendum was pathetic. Executive Director David Babbs promised me (when I met him in Harlow) that, while 38 Degrees would not take sides on the Referendum (why not? If they were Liberal ad Democratic they would have done), they WOULD campaign to make sure voters were informed, to counter false information, and to encourage people to vote. Except for a short email the day before the ballot, they did NONE of that.

If you want to promote a web-based liberal campaigning group, far better choices would be AVAAZ (http://www.avaaz.org) or AllOut or SomeOfUs

]]>By: Tom Papworthhttp://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234422
Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:11:46 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234422Fair point, Hywel.
]]>By: Hywelhttp://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234397
Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:10:24 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234397Well if Geoffrey and Tom have both voted for people they didn’t intend to that should balance out quite nicely 🙂
]]>By: David Wilkinsonhttp://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234395
Wed, 02 Jan 2013 08:53:58 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234395Read the comments above and I am sad that no one bothered to mention Malala Yousafzai a brave person who put her life on the line to improve womes rights in Pakistan where Barack Obama has ordered the deaths of people in Pakistan
]]>By: Richhttp://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234387
Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:30:39 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234387Nice to have preferential voting so Ken Clarke can go straight to the bottom. Funny thing is a year ago I’d have rated him highly.
]]>By: Technomisthttp://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234380
Tue, 01 Jan 2013 23:29:42 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234380Hardly any of these are liberals.

Where is the box for ‘none of the above’?

]]>By: john mchttp://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234373
Tue, 01 Jan 2013 21:56:48 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234373Also messed up the voting process. Must say that if this list is really the cream of the crop, liberal politics is in dire trouble! The Alliance Party, Obama (yes ok) and that’s about it?
Thankfully the list of previous winners is more hopeful!
]]>By: James Sandbachhttp://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234360
Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:19:05 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234360Once again my jaw drops that Ken Clarke is on the shortlist as he was on last year’s shorlist also – hasn’t anyone in our party yet realised yet that Ken is not a liberal, and his record in the Justice Ministry and elsewhere does not support his supposed liberal credentials
]]>By: Jennifer Johnsonhttp://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234351
Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:17:03 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234351As usual, these “liberals” mostly seem to be social liberals but very illiberal on economic and fiscal matters. Quite statist in large part.
]]>By: Peter Hayeshttp://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234350
Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:06:18 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234350Real problem for me was the last 4, Rowan Williams is a liberal but has failed even more than the party leadership. Others I’ve never heard of or do not know what they have done. NI politics is so rarely reported in England so how do we know what the Alliance has done? Also had to steal her MacBook from ‘her indoors’ as the survey did not work on iPad.
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